| Posted by ColmM on November 14, 2018 | |
What is Kaolin?
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| Posted by Kibu on November 14, 2018 | |
It's a kind of white powdery clay that's used in everything from antacids, to cosmetics. Typically, it's shipped in a slurry form, basically suspended in water. The hopper cars you see here, aren't for major interchange, and tend to be for inter plant movements; while the tank cars carry the clay itself. That clay is very heavy, so it limits the transport to shorter 40 and 50 foot cars.
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